CVE-2024-21507
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.42%mysql2 cache poisoning vulnerability
Published: 4/10/2024Modified: 2/4/2026
Description
Versions of the package mysql2 before 3.9.3 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation through the `keyFromFields` function, resulting in cache poisoning. An attacker can inject a colon `:` character within a value of the attacker-crafted key.
Affected packages (1)
- npm/mysql2from 0, < 3.9.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21507
- PATCHhttps://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2
- WEBhttps://blog.slonser.info/posts/mysql2-attacker-configuration
- WEBhttps://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/0d54b0ca6498c823098426038162ef10df02c818
- WEBhttps://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2424
- WEBhttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6591300